Posted on September 19, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
An equally divided en banc First Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, holding that the bar to bonded release found in the detention mandate in INA §236(c) applies only to those specified criminal undocumented immigrants whom the Attorney General took into custody when they were released from criminal custody. The court concluded that the two petitioners were not taken into immigration custody when they were released from criminal custody, because they had been released from criminal custody years before their immigration custody began. As a result, the court found that the detention mandate did not bar either petitioner from seeking release on bond pursuant to the Attorney General’s discretionary release authority.
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Posted on September 19, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS approved the statutory maximum of 10,000 petitions for U-1 nonimmigrant status for FY2016. This marks the seventh straight year that USCIS has reached the statutory maximum since it began issuing U visas in 2009. For eligible petitioners who cannot be granted a U-1 visa solely because of the cap, USCIS will send a letter notifying them that they are on a waiting list. USCIS will resume issuing U visas on October 1, 2016.
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Posted on September 19, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on September 19, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
NBC News reports that after two years of petitioning the Library of Congress, a student group at Dartmouth College has successfully convinced administrators to stop using the terms “illegal” and “alien” in subject headings for literature about immigration and instead use the terms “unauthorized” and “non-citizen” when referring to undocumented immigrants.
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Posted on September 14, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on September 14, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
N-600, Certificate of Citizenship, approved for lawful permanent resident who was detained when returning to LAX and placed in removal proceedings because of several serious convictions. N-600 approved despite the fact that Client parent’s divorced with she was young and other issues with custody.
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Posted on September 14, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on September 14, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on September 14, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Naturalization Application/U.S. Citizenship approved for lawful permanent resident with a felony prescription fraud conviction. Client will become a U.S. citizen in time to vote in the coming presidential election and will no longer need to worry about long delays/secondary inspection when entering the United States.
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Posted on September 14, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Motion to reopen and adjustment of status/green card application granted for client with a marijuana conviction who entered the United States in 2002 with only a school ID. USCIS denied client’s application in 2014 finding that he failed to prove that he was properly admitted to the United States. Our office then filed a motion to reopen along additional evidence of his entry, including results from a polygraph examination, and his case was approved nearly 2 years later. Client can now legally stay in this country with his wife and children and apply for citizenship in the future.
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